Shildon railway station

Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 9 miles 8 chains (14.6 km) north-west of Darlington, It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The original station was constructed by Timothy Hackworth. It opened on 27 September 1825, under the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Facilities

Station facilities here have been improved as part of the Tees Valley Metro project. The package for this station included new fully lit waiting shelters, digital CIS displays, renewed station signage and the installation of CCTV. The long-line Public Address system (PA) has been renewed and upgraded with pre-recorded train announcements.

The station is unstaffed and all tickets must be purchased from the ticket vending machine on the platform prior to travel. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps, which were added in 2003 when the station was rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the Shildon Locomotion Museum, sited alongside it on land formerly occupied by the sidings of the Shildon railway works.

The grade II listed manual signal box here controls the immediate station area (including the siding connections into the museum), along with the single track section through Shildon tunnel to the west and terminus at Bishop Auckland. Bishop Auckland is the junction with the now privately owned and operated Weardale Railway to Stanhope.

Services

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service between Saltburn and Bishop Auckland via Darlington. All services are operated by Northern Trains.

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

References

External links

• Media related to Shildon railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Shildon railway station from National Rail

1. Shildon
2. Locomotion Museum
3. Shildon railway works
4. Stockton and Darlington Railway
5. Stockton railway station (S&D)
6. Stillington railway station
7. Bishop Auckland railway station
8. West Auckland railway station
9. Darlington railway station
10. Yarm Depots railway station
11. Teesside Airport railway station
12. National Railway Museum
13. Redmarshall railway station
14. Tunnel Junction railway station
15. List of British heritage and private railways
16. Locomotion No. 1
17. Weardale Railway
18. Redcar British Steel railway station
19. List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
20. Churnet Valley Railway